Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of petition: John C. Hager, Watson H. Miller, William B. Fahnestock, Godfried Zahm, Daniel A. Altick, Frederick Sener, George Musser, J. Frey, George Keller, Peter McConony, George Ford, Charles Boughter.
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Lately kept by [ ] Hallacher, licensed to C. B. Hartman.
Located in the Northwest Ward on the West King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Peter McConomy, Watson H. Miller, George Keller, George Ford, William B. Fahnestock, H. Scherff, Godfried Zahm, M. Carpenter, Charles Boughter, J. Frey, Daniel Harman.
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Signers of Petition: Adam Duke, Thomas Duke, [signature in German], John Swiger, [signature in German], John Urban, Philip Kahn, John Irwin, [signature in German], William McMillar, John Rathfon, Philip Brenner, Emanuel Brenner.
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Located on the turnpike road leading from Lancaster to Elizabethtown.
Lately occupied by William Guthree.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: John S. Gish, Samuel Redsecker, A. Greenawalt, Isaac Redsecker, Jacob Reem, Christian Hoffman, John [Belman], Jacob Funk, Henry Cokle, Samuel Rutt, Jacob Hoffman, Abraham Rutt, Philip Fisher.
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Signers of Petition: M. Withers, Henry Carpenter, Reah Frazer, William Mathiot, W. Whiteside, Charles Gillespie, George M. Steinman, D. W. Patterson, Henry Pinkerton, John P. Myer, [O. J. Dickey], P. G. Eberman, Henry M. Reigart.
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